In a remarkable discovery that bridges the ancient and modern understanding of human imagination, archaeologists have unearthed a 12,000-year-old clay figurine from northern Israel that represents the ...

Meanwhile, early dog trade might stretch even further back than the new studies indicate. To find remains from the first ...

Before there were the Olmecs, what was life like in early Mexico, how did people live and what do we know about their lives ...

We may be witnessing the moment when our ancestors first defied a hostile world, using the same tools in the same place for ...

It's the end of a nearly 100-year-old mystery. Using DNA-analysis, scientists have identified an ancient human relative nicknamed "Dragon Man", new research showed. It all started with a ...

Rabat - Archaeologists have made new discoveries at Bizmoun Cave near Essaouira, Morocco. These findings provide a better ...

Another surprising finding from this study concerns the ancient Jomon people from the Japanese archipelago and the Ryukyu/Okinawa islands who contributed to present-day Japanese. The Jomon carried the ...

Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical ...

Archaeologists have uncovered 6,000-year-old skeletons in Colombia that belonged to a mysterious group of people that could rewrite human history. The remains, discovered at the ancient preceramic ...

More than 60 struck flint flakes, including one worked tool, have been uncovered and likely date to the late Mesolithic or ...

Spices, ancient treasures of human civilization, have shaped history from currency to royalty and medicine. Traces of their ...